What do the statistics say about the age of Audiophiles and the replacement rate?

And, do you know any female audiophiles?

I was lucky (and then unlucky) as my late wife had hearing that was probably better than mine, and was all in on great sound.  When I was trying to decide, in 2008, between the Esoteric X-03SE and the X-05-SE she told me not to be dumb, we can afford the 03 and it sounds so much better.  She was killed in 2009.  I am happily remarried; my current wife encourages my hobby, and is fine with our living room being the music room, so all is OK there.  Zero WAF issues.

And my daughter has a good ear and a good system.  VTL 85, Audio Physic Virgos, streaming and digital mainly and my old VPI TT. 

She is a sound designer and editor by profession, when she cannot get an acting gig.

my lady friend is about 12 years younger than me and when we got together a few years ago, she thought Bose was high end. Because of her age, her taste in music was 80s and early 90s, which is to say she had no taste at all. Well, that has improved and we have spent many hours listening to my system, and attend some shows.

So, for Christmas I set her up with a little system, some pretty nice T + A speakers and a bluesound powernode. She is really enjoying her system and it sounds really good in her space. She’s thinking about going to the southwest Audio Fest with me.

That will undoubtedly spark a case of upgraditis and I will have created a monster

@carlso63

Trains, boats and Planes…..And CARS.

The last one interests me.
Funny you should compare Hi-Fi equipment with classic cars…

l have yet to hear or indeed see a Hi-Fi with wheels

@mylogic  there's some logic behind the comparison as:

 - Classic Car enthusiasts by and large grew up when these vehicles were actually being produced and have memories and experiences with these vehicles; young people who were born after the muscle car heyday have much less interest as they simply don't have any memories or experiences with these things:

 - It was a period of time more conducive to these types of vehicles in terms of lower car prices, lower fuel prices, relaxed emissions standards, etc. Driving for pleasure / relaxation was much more of a thing than it is today, with $3 a gallon gas, etc;

- These types of cars at that time were a little more likely to be seen as something to recreate and get pleasure from, as opposed to simply utilitarian vehicles to get from point A to point B. Many younger people today simply view a car in that utilitarian aspect only - and many have no great desire to even own ANY car at all (hence the rise and popularity of services like Uber)...

Now, change it over to higher end audio products...

 - Audio enthusiasts by and large grew up when component audio equipment was  actually being mass produced and have memories and experiences with this type of equipment, their parents or relatives had it, or they saw it commonly in electronics stores, even department stores;

 - Audio components were most popular in a period of time when people listened to music by buying physical music media and then needing equipment to actually use the media, vs. streaming and apps like Pandora or Spotify today;

 - Good audio equipment was a little more likely to be seen as something to recreate with and get pleasure from, relaxing and listening to music was a bonafide leisure activity, as opposed to today where so many simply use more utilitarian devices such as cellphones and headphones, etc. to listen to music while simultaneously doing other things (working, exercising, etc.)...

See how that works..?